Dumping Syndrome is a condition characterized by weakness, dizziness, flushing and warmth, nausea and palpitation immediately or shortly after eating and produced by abnormally rapid emptying of the stomach in persons who have had part of the stomach removed or in hypersensitive or neurotic individuals
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients with clinical suspect of a dumping syndrome with a total dumping score* (early and late symptoms) > 10, and a. a positive OGTT, in terms of a glycemia 3%, or an increase of pulse rate by 10 bpm Or b. documented spontaneous hypoglycemia (at least 1) 2. Age > 18 years 3. Diet of 6 meals a day with low concentration of mono- and disaccharides during 1 month before inclusion without sufficient improvement (= evaluation by physician and patient)=65 years) yes F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who haven’t been treated with Sandostatine during the last 6 months. 2. Cholecystolithiasis 3. Diabetes Mellitus 4. Coeliakie and Giardia 5. Severe oesophagitis 6. Gastric and duodenum ulcer 7. Patients who are: (a) pregnant, (b) breast feeding, (c) of childbearing potential without a negative pregnancy test prior to Study Day 1, and (d) female of childbearing potential unwilling to use barrier contraceptive precautions throughout the trial (postmenopausal women must be amenorrheic for at least 12 months to be considered of non-childbearing potential). 8. Hypersensitivity to octreotide or one of the compounds of the drug
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Main Objective: To assess the effect of Sandostatine LAR on a specific Patient Assessment Scale and on a specific dumping score in patients tolerating well Sandostatine subcutaneously.;Secondary Objective: Secondary objectives : 1. To assess the effect of Sandostatine s.c. on an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). 2. To assess the effect of Sandostatine LAR on OGTT. 3. To assess the effect of Sandostatine LAR on a quality of life (QOL) questionnaire. 4. To assess the tolerability of Sandostatine LAR;Primary end point(s): Evaluation of the effect of Sandostatin® LAR in patients with dumping syndrome who tolerates well Sandostatine® s.c. via a patient assessment scale and dumping score table | — |
Countries
Belgium